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86<br />

Chatham <strong>and</strong> Gillingham Artillery Volunteers 1813<br />

A large finely-engraved oval medal, with deeply embossed<br />

floriate border, 94mm x 70mm, silver (Hallmarks for<br />

London 1813), obverse featuring Britannia seated amidst a<br />

swirl of clouds, holding a cannon-ball which radiates beams<br />

of light upon two soldiers st<strong>and</strong>ing left <strong>and</strong> right on guard,<br />

a marquee top partially open above the clouds, from which<br />

a lion <strong>and</strong> a unicorn look out, ‘Chatham <strong>and</strong> Gillingham<br />

Arty.’ engraved in exergue, reverse inscribed ‘Prize Medal<br />

for the Best Shot of the Regiment the Gift of The Officers<br />

won by Mr. John Skillet September 1813’, nearly extremely<br />

fine, <strong>and</strong> exhibiting some of the most unusual artistry noted on<br />

any military award, with integral silver floriate loop<br />

suspension<br />

£300-350<br />

Referenced in Hastings Irwin<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Colonel Murray Collection 1926<br />

J.B. Hayward, November 1971<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

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